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Will an intelligent spectator not admire the prodigeous structures of Stone-Henge because he does not know by what law of mechanics they were raised?

Source: An Essay on the Writing and Genius of Shakespeare Compared with Greek and French Dramatic Poets, (1769), 1785.
-- Elizabeth Montagu, (Oct 2 1720-1800), English intellectual, conversationalist; She was one of the first Bluestockings, English women who organized conversation evenings to find a more worthy pastime than card playing.

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